Your writing process is very like the one some of us historical fiction writers favor. As you write nonfiction, I'm curious if and how often that initial first draft story changes as you move into the next research phase. Do you make new discoveries that change your mind or do you find your initial story is usually confirmed?
Congrats on a great interview and I appreciate the magazine suggestion! I hope you may be planning to do another Q&A soon, although your schedule is awfully busy right now!
Your writing process is very like the one some of us historical fiction writers favor. As you write nonfiction, I'm curious if and how often that initial first draft story changes as you move into the next research phase. Do you make new discoveries that change your mind or do you find your initial story is usually confirmed?
Yes, I definitely come across sources where I interpret them differently to what some historians have written.
Thanks for sharing this - it’s a great insight into your work as a history writer.
Congrats on a great interview and I appreciate the magazine suggestion! I hope you may be planning to do another Q&A soon, although your schedule is awfully busy right now!